Tag: Homeschooling

  • Need More Reasons to Homeschool?  A Success Story

    Need More Reasons to Homeschool? A Success Story

    It’s back to school time! All across the US,  many families are considering homeschooling yet often are apprehensive in getting started. Here on the blog, it’s my vision to inspire you along the journey. Here are some fabulous often overlooked reasons to homeschool, in the words from a homeschool graduate. Last year at the FPEA…

  • The Ultimate Homeschool Vacation WINNER is….

    Congratulations to Melissa Pallex and family of Green Bay, Wisconsin for winning the Ultimate Homeschool Vacation Giveaway! I’m so excited for them, and the next time we visit my grandma in the neighboring town of Appleton, we will be sure our homeschool families connect and share our adventure with you! PLEASE take a moment and…

  • How to Make a Family Cruise Educational

    A few years ago, we made a promise to our two girls. We told them that we may not have the fanciest cars, the biggest house or the newest things, but we would do everything we could to show them as much of the world as we possibly could. We travel as often as we…

  • Where in the World Wednesdays – Coming Soon!

    Where in the World Wednesdays – Coming Soon!

     Coming Soon:  Stay tuned for exciting news about this new writing contest for homeschool families. If you are looking for a place to share your travel pictures and posts about your adventures – this link up and writing contest will fit the bill. We’ll be sure to fill you in on the details soon. In…

  • Inspired by the Bricks: a lego stop action and poem.

    Inspired by the Bricks: a lego stop action and poem.

    Lego Stop Action and a Poem   These bricks, these bricks are everywhere in my pantry and the green chair. We’ve tried to sort them all by color How they escape? I’ll always wonder- The plastic bins Never can contain them- Because he’s always rearrangin’ We pick them up and then, just then- It’s time…

  • Valentine’s Haiku

    We are studying poetry in our homeschool right now, so I felt it appropriate to write a little haiku for each of the men I love in my life- on handmade marbled paper cards. We made the paper at Christmas time- it was supposed to be red, but turned out more pink and purple so…